Yung Gravy and Rick Astley Settle Vocal Impersonation Lawsuit

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Astley had accused the meme rapper and his team of “flagrantly impersonating” his voice in Gravy’s breakout hit, “Betty (Get Money).”

had claimed that while Yung Gravy and his collaborators secured rights to re-record the melody and lyrics of his 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” for their track “Betty ,” they “flagrantly impersonated” Astley’s distinctive vocals from the original track, thereby infringing his so-called right of publicity. “Betty ” peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.

The lawsuit arrived just as emerging artificial intelligence tools had sparked new conversations around right of publicity protections for artists. The debate hit a fever pitch in April when an anonymous TikTok creator named Ghostwriter made headlines with his song

 

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